try `isa(x, Type)`
On Sunday, March 23, 2014 9:44:55 PM UTC-4, K leo wrote: > > Use to determine something read in from a file. > > On 03/24/2014 09:30 AM, Collin Glass wrote: > > Hmm.. What's your use case? I mean you could just whip up a quick > > function isnum that returns true if typeof is any of the collection of > > formats. > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, March 23, 2014 9:20:51 PM UTC-4, K leo wrote: > > > > typeof(var) gives something too specific, like Int16, Float32, > > etc. Is > > there a convenient way to determine if var is a number or > > something else > > (string)? I tried isreal(var), but it gives an error in case var > > is not > > a number. > > > >
